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Monday, April 30, 2012
Portrush bagman guides Curtis home
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Another Northern Ireland golfing talent was helping to make headlines on the PGA Tour on Sunday night.
Portrush native Ricky Elliott, a former Irish boys and youths international, was bagman for Ben Curtis en route to his Texas Open victory at San Antonio. Elliott, nicknamed ‘Rocket Ricky’, was regarded as one of the finest prospects in Irish golf in the late 1990s. He was a member of a team that competed in the European Youths Championships that also included Michael Hoey, Colm Moriarty, Tim Rice and Danny Sugrue.
Elliott and Rice later went on a golfing scholarship to the University of Toledo where the Ulster man enjoyed his first taste of life in the USA. He went caddying subsequently and worked with Holland’s Maarten Lafeber before turning professional and plying his trade in the exclusive Lake Nona area of South Florida.
Elliott returned to the role of caddy when teaming up with 2003 British Open champion Curtis in August 2010. They were introduced during their college days when rivals on the Mid-American Conference and Sunday’s triumph in Texas was the first for Curtis in six long years.
He was 285th in the world going into the event and had qualified for only four of twenty tournaments on the PGA Tour prior to San Antonio but he is now exempt for the next two and a half years.
Curtis and Elliott will be a lot busier over the coming weeks and months with the Portrush man already working hard on convincing his boss to play the Irish Open over his home links in June!
The other big winner at the weekend was South African Branden Grace, a little known 23 year-old at the beginning of the year. But after landing his third title of the season in the Volvo China Open at the weekend, he has improved from 271st to 66th in the world rankings. And Curtis has jumped from 310th at the start of 2012 to a current status of 156th.
All eyes this coming week will be on Bubba Watson who makes his first appearance since his spectacular triumph in the Masters in the Zurich Classic in New Orleans. Watson defends the title from a field that also includes Luke Donald, who will be attempting to reclaim his world number one spot from Rory McIlroy who remains competitively inactive for the sixth week in seven. Also in New Orleans, though, will be Justin Rose, Peter Hanson and Graeme McDowell.
Like Watson, McDowell has taken things easy since Augusta but now plans to take in five successive events — New Orleans, Wells Fargo at Quail Hollow, Tournament Players Championship at Sawgrass; the Volvo World Match Play Championship at Finca Cortesin, Spain and the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
The European Tour remains in Asia with the fifth staging of the 2.205m Ballantines Championship in Seoul, South Korea. The recently married Darren Clarke returns to the fold in an event that has attracted top Australian, Adam Scott, Ian Poulter, Paul Casey and Miguel-Angel Jimenez along with four other Irish golfers, Shane Lowry, Damien McGrane, Gareth Maybin and Paul McGinley.
However defending champion Lee Westwood is not competing. The Englishman captured the Indonesian Masters on the Asian Tour at the weekend but remains third in the world rankings behind Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald.
Source: http://feeds.examiner.ie/~r/iesportsblog/~3/l0QyyoJr7AE/post.aspx
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MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT AAA Columbus Clippers Indians 8, Clippers 6 Former Indians Matt LaPorta (.333) and Lonnie Chisenhall (.357) hit ninth-inning home runs, but the Clippers' rally came up short in an International League loss in Columbus. It was LaPorta's fourth homer of the season and Chisenhall's third. Trevor Crowe (.389), Chad Huffman (.250) and Gregorio Petit (.235) also went deep...
MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT
AAA Columbus Clippers
Indians 8, Clippers 6 Former Indians Matt LaPorta (.333) and Lonnie Chisenhall (.357) hit ninth-inning home runs, but the Clippers' rally came up short in an International League loss in Columbus.
View full sizeLonnie Chisenhall is hitting .357 (10-for-28) with three homers and five RBI in seven games for Class AAA Columbus. It was LaPorta's fourth homer of the season and Chisenhall's third. Trevor Crowe (.389), Chad Huffman (.250) and Gregorio Petit (.235) also went deep for Columbus.
Kevin Slowey (1-1, 2.45 ERA) started and took the loss.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros at Curve, ppd. Akron's scheduled Eastern League game at Altoona, Pa., was postponed due to inclement weather.
Notes: The Aeros host the Trenton Thunder in their home opener today at 7:05 p.m. The scheduled starters are RHP Brett Marshall (1-0, 3.60 ERA) for Akron and LHP T.J. McFarland (1-0, 1.80 ERA) for the Thunder.
Advanced A Carolina Mudcats
Mudcats 5, Blue Rocks 3 The Mudcats' bullpen threw 3-1/3 shutout innings and Carolina pushed across two runs in the bottom of the eighth to beat visiting Wilmington in a Carolina League game in Zebulon, N.C.
A Lake County Captains
Loons 5, Captains 4 Catcher Alex Lavisky (.357) of Lakewood had two hits and drove in all four runs, but it wasn't enough as Lake County lost in 14 innings to Great Lakes in a Midwest League game in Midland, Mich.
Top Cleveland prospect shortstop Francisco Lindor (.300) added two hits in the losing cause.
Captains reliever Jordan Cooper (0-1) took the loss. Starter Felix Sterling (0-1) didn't factor in the decision after going five innings and allowing four runs (one earned) on four hits.
Notes: The Captains will open their home season today at 6:30 p.m. at Classic Park in Eastlake.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/04/cleveland_indians_farm_report_4.html
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Seasonal outlook: Fair start to June - Good end to July, Apr 21 - 16:39
*June* The meteorological first month of summer, should see high pressure in control and some semblance of summery weather for all areas, these very warm and settled conditions should extend through the first week to ten days of the month. High pressure atop the UK at first should slowly drift westward with a cooler and showery regime then establishing into the middle of month, a noticeable temperature drop for all areas as a northerly flow develops. The middle of the month sees a more westerly orientated flow then establishing, low pressure potentially ramping up the breeze, rain and windier weather affecting all areas and feeling much cooler beneath the cloud and rainier spots. This unsettled weather looks as if it'll be continuing through the remainder of June, only at the close of the month does it potentially settle once more, temperatures recovering as pressure builds in from the west, southern and eastern areas seeing the best of the conditions. *July* High pressure remains tantalisingly close to the UK, but just too far to the west to settle the weather into what one would normally expect for high summer. Cool with a breeze from the north or northwest, showers mainly for all areas but some indication of destabilisation at times into rather more organised showery bands. The west seeing fewer showers closest to high pressure established to the west. Through to the middle of the month sees a reversal of fortunes with high pressure building across the UK and then to the settling to the east, a much warmer regime establishing across the bulk of the country as a southerly flow develops for a time. Then unfortunately it's all downhill low pressure to the west encroaching eastward, showers breaking out widely then more organised rain as the Atlantic influence kicks in once more. Showers or longer spells of rain for all for a time through to the final week of July when the pattern attempts to redeem itself but I have my doubts whether it'll really make it, 'indifferent' would be the best term? Simon Email me at simon.keeling@weatheronline.co.uk
Source: http://feeds.weatheronline.co.uk/~r/weatheronline/~3/AuxhXNR56-Y/reports
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Roberto Hernandez's Ohio host family surprised by deception, but still supportive
The Dashers last spoke with Roberto Hernandez. They've tried to reach him since the scandal broke, but the phone number isn't accepting messages.
View full sizeJim Dasher (left) was the team chaplain for the Lake County Captains when his brother and sister-in-law -- Bob and Bonnie Dasher -- housed the pitcher known as Fausto Carmona while Carmona pitched for the Captains in 2003.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Fausto Carmona was just a shy, polite 19-year-old who barely spoke English and loved hanging with the kids -- but preferred the family dog stay outside -- when he lived in Bob and Bonnie Dasher's house in Highland Heights.
In 2003, Carmona was a promising right-hander with the Indians' Class A Lake County Captains. The Dashers were his host family that season, and on and off for the next two years as he was shuffled back and forth through the Tribe's minor-league system.
They had no clue the reserved young man who toted a single duffel bag into their house was actually Roberto Hernandez and three years older -- at least not until Dominican Republic authorities arrested him last month for trying to get a U.S. visa with a false I.D.
"You can't believe how many people called us, [saying] 'Hey Bob, you had to know about this!'" Bob Dasher said. "We just laughed when we heard it. We had no idea."
The Dashers last spoke with their former guest last summer. They've tried to reach him since the scandal broke to tell him they love him, but the phone number isn't accepting messages.
Carmona and a lineup of other Captains, including Tribe reliever Rafael Perez, wound up living with the Dashers and with Bob's brother, Jim, who was chaplain for the first three years of the team's existence. Jim, a former coach and athletic director at Mayfield High School, found the boys places to live and drove them back and forth to the ballpark in Eastlake, to the Western Union window to send their paychecks home, and anywhere else they needed to go.
Sometimes, late at night after games, he would let them drive the van around the school parking lot just for fun.
To communicate with Fausto, Bob and Bonnie kept their Spanish dictionaries handy. He would talk about his family, but with never a hint of his real identity. He always signed baseballs, shirts and his baseball card as "Fausto."
To make Fausto and the other Latin players feel at home, they made sure to prepare the boys' favorite staple -- chicken and rice -- with every meal. Nurtured on such home cooking, Carmona tore it up with the Captains in 2003, going 17-4 with a 2.06 ERA. He was named South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Year, and his 17 wins were the best at any level of the Indians' organization that season.
Three years later, he become the first Captain to play for the Indians.
The pitcher referred to his host parents as "Mama Bonnie" and "Roberto." "Which is really funny," Bob said, "because that's his name. Next time I see him, I'm going to call him Bob."
Carmona enjoyed watching Spanish TV, goofing off with two sons of Bob and Bonnie who were teenagers and living at home at the time, and shopping at nearby Richmond Town Square with Jim's 13-year-old son. They were teenagers after all, or so it seemed.
"We thought he was 19," said Bob, who finds it hard to believe the false identity was the pitcher's idea. "Greatest kid in the world."
"We never doubted it," said "Mama Bonnie."
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/02/roberto_hernandezs_ohio_host_f.html
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Morning Call: Heavy rain in SW - Gales moderating, Apr 30 - 06:05
More settled this week After that horrible day yesterday we see some improvement today for much of England with a warmer, sunnier day, but south west England and Wales will see some heavy rain, especially in the morning with gales. Some rain too for Scotland. Expect top temperatures of 10 to 17C.
Through the evening and tonight, we may see some heavy rain into south east and south west England. Expect minimum temperatures 6 to 9 Celsius north to south.
If you're heading abroad, south eastern parts of Europe are looking hot and sunny. Be sure to check out the Weatheronline Week Ahead forecast for more information on the weather across the United Kingdom for the next seven days. Have a good day. Simon Email me at simon.keeling@weatheronline.co.uk
Source: http://feeds.weatheronline.co.uk/~r/weatheronline/~3/vLEyipgFGxQ/reports
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